Testing for positive evidence of equally likely outcomes
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#92 a Critique of 'are Equally Likely Outcomes Perceived as Equally Likely?'
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Multivariate Analysis
سال: 2012
ISSN: 0047-259X
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmva.2011.06.006